Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab

Our NU-PEL Team

Katherine Hazen
Assistant Program Director

Wendy Friedman
Senior Evaluator

Alisa Lincoln

Alisa Lincoln
Senior Founding Faculty

A photo of Amy Farrell smiling.

Amy Farrell
Senior Founding Faculty

Zena Ndirangu
NU-PEL Co-Op – Program Evaluation & Administration
Criminal Justice & International Affairs College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Affiliated Network

Brianna Keefe-Oates
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Health Sciences

Catrina Jaime
NU-PEL Affiliated Faculty

Eric Piza
Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice

Emily Mann
Teaching Professor of Human Services

Laura Senier
Associate Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences

Mella McCormick
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Community-to-Community Impact Engine, The Roux Institute

Michael Dean
Assistant Teaching Professor, Graduate School of Education

Current Students

Ami Farrell Criminal Justice and Psychology College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Projects: Salus Populi

Danielle Maestas

Project: NSF The Right Question

Francesca Korte PhD Candidate in Population Health.

Projects: Salus Populi

Jada Vaughan

Projects:HEAT

Joud Rai Behavioral Neuroscience major, Public Health Minor, Pre-Medical Track

Projects: Salus Populi

Kayon Morgan Master’s student in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Projects: Salus Populi

Krista Caasi Masters in Public Health Bouvé College of Health Sciences

Projects: LBFE

Marhya Bonilla Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a Cybersecurity concentration

Projects: The Way Forward

Maya Kozlov Criminal Justice Major, Law, and Public Policy Minor
College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Projects: HEAT

Ria Mukhopadhyay Health Science & Business Administration major with a concentration in Healthcare Management & Consulting and a minor in Law & Public Policy.

Projects: Salus Populi

Tiffani Elliot

Projects: RCMAR

My curiosity about understanding the effectiveness of policies, in real life, informed by data, attracted me to NU-PEL. …I have gained a range of methodological skills including survey design, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, developing evaluation plans, conducting literature reviews, and honing my research writing skills… I am very happy with my experiences so far with NU-PEL and would highly recommend NU-PEL to people interested in learning and building capacity in evaluation.

Sushant Kumar

DOCTORAL STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND URBAN AFFAIRS

In my four years of working with NU-PEL, I have been afforded research training and collaboration across disciplines, using an array of methodologies and approaches unified by the common goal of understanding and addressing health inequities. These experiences have nurtured my desire to collect, interpret, and disseminate data that both advances scientific knowledge and is rooted in community-centered social justice efforts.

Francesca Korte

PhD Candidate in Population Health